Tom Curry (rugby union)

Tom Curry
Birth name Thomas Michael Curry
Date of birth (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)[1]
School Bishop Heber High School
Oundle School
Notable relative(s) Ben Curry
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Sale Sharks
Youth Career
– Crewe & Nantwich RUFC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–
2016		 Sale Sharks
→ Sale FC (loan)		 28
5		 (5)
(5)
Correct as of 5 May 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016
2017
2017–		 England U18
England U20
England		 8
3
4		 (5)
(5)
(0)
Correct as of 23 June 2018

Tom Curry (born 15 June 1998 in Hounslow, England) is an English rugby union player, currently playing with the Sale Sharks. He plays as a flanker.

Club career

Curry made his professional debut against Scarlets on 15 October 2016 in the European Champions Cup, becoming the fourth-youngest English player and youngest Sale Sharks player to have played in the competition.[2] He scored on his Aviva Premiership debut on 30 October 2016, becoming the third-youngest scorer in the competition.[3] At the end of the 2016-17 season, he was named a joint recipient of Sale Sharks' Young Player of the Season award, sharing the award with his brother Ben.[4]

International career

Curry was named in the England U20 squad for the 2016/17 season on 14 October 2016, having previously represented England U18.[5] Curry was part of the England U20 squad that won a Grand Slam in the 2017 Six Nations Under 20 Championship.

He was called up to the senior England squad by Eddie Jones for their 2017 summer tour of Argentina.[6] In his first England appearance against the Barbarians on 28 May 2017 he was named Man of the Match.[7] The match against the Barbarians was a 'non-test' fixture, so he did not receive an official cap. Curry made his first capped appearance for England at flanker in the first test against Argentina in June 2017[8]. He became the youngest player to start at flanker for England[9], and the youngest England forward since 1912.[10]

Personal life

Curry is the twin brother of Sale Sharks flanker Ben Curry, nephew of former England hooker John Olver and cousin of Northampton Saints fly-half Sam Olver.[11] John Olver also taught at Oundle School, where Curry was educated.

References

  1. ↑ "Squad Player - Premiership Rugby - Tom Curry". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Curry becomes youngest Sharks player to play in elite European competition". web page. Sale Sharks. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sale Sharks' Tom Curry speeds into the record books". web page. Sale Sharks. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016-17 Aviva Premiership End of Season Awards". web page. ruck.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "England U20 2016/17 elite player squad announced". web page. England Rugby. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "England v Argentina: Dylan Hartley, Joe Launchbury & George Ford in squad". BBC Sport. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "England vs Barbarians match report".
  8. ↑ Standley, James. "England beat Argentina thanks to Denny Solomona's late try". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "England vs Argentina Team".
  10. ↑ "England's youngest rugby players by position".
  11. ↑ "Meet the Curry brothers:England's terrific twins". web page. England Rugby. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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